- 2 cakes
- 1 cake background
- 1 cake pop up easel
- 2 icing ribbons (not shown here)
- 15 individual flowers
- 5 individual petals
- 3 flower centers
- 9 different leaves
- 2 candles (not shown here)
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Hello Friends.
Spring is the perfect time of year to get your bloom on with our newest challenge from Poppystamps, Floral Fantasy! Our new dies make it so easy to create beautiful floral cards. Take a look!
I started out with a crisp white card base, and added the Scalloped Stitch Frames a bit off-kilter, cut in a pale pink. The next step is to cut out the Spring Bunnies, Dandelion Stems, Orchard Leaves, Potpourri Flower Set, and the Flower Field Corner in an assortment of colors. I stuck with a pretty pastel Spring color palette.
Now comes the fun part! Create your Floral Fantasy by arranging your blooms any way you'd like. Make a falling waterfall effect, or a big bright bouquet. Add a lot or just a few. Once your flowers are all in place, add the finishing touches with Fairy Gemstones!
Now it's your turn to play along!
The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Poppystamps image or die, and link it up here. The design we love best will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog, and one lucky random winner will receive a prize. You don't have to have a blog to play. You can link to any online gallery. In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Poppystamps image. We ask that you link a maximum of 3 entries to each challenge. You are welcome to link your design to other challenges. Grab our badge to post on your blog post or sidebar!
Thank you so much for joining us today! We can't wait to see what you'll create!
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Welcome to the Poppystamps Challenge! We're so happy you've stopped by, and we sure hope you'll join us! On the first of the month, we announce a new Poppystamps Challenge with a central theme. The design team will provide samples for inspiration, and you can play along through the end of the month for your chance to win.
The winner of our blog badge for the Poppystamps Challenge #91 Add Texture is Kathy Krug
The lucky winner of the draw (chosen by random number generator) for the monthly prize is Karen L
Please contact me (Jeanne) at poppychallenge@gmail.com to claim your prize.
Want to play?
The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Poppystamps image or die, and link it up here. The design we love best will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog, and one lucky random winner will receive a prize. You don't have to have a blog to play. You can link to any online gallery. In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Poppystamps image. We ask that you link a maximum of 3 entries to each challenge. You are welcome to link your design to other challenges. Grab our badge to post on your blog post or sidebar!
PSC#92 Floral Fantasy - April Showers bring May Flowers and after a long winter we're all anxious to see sunny skies and watch the flowers grow! Crafting is a sweet escape, so even when we can't have the real thing, we can make our own flower garden indoors on paper. So show us your paper garden with flowers aplenty and of all varieties and hues of color! The challenge is not limited to cards - we'd love to see your page layouts, home decor, tags, and mixed media. It's your choice, just be sure to use at least one Poppystamps image (stamp or die) on your project!
Need a little inspiration? Here are some samples from our design team. Want a closer look? No worries.. we'll be featuring these projects on Wednesdays throughout the month, so you can see how each project was created.
Meet our April Guest - Kathy Pisupati who was selected by Janet after discovering her amazing cardmaking challenge on Instagram. Kathy has a truly gifted way with combining good composition, great die cuts and wonderful colors to make beautiful cards. She always impresses with her makes!
Kathy Pisupati
Blog: Expressive Paper
Instagram: @expressivepaper
As a graduate with a fine arts degree, I never really found a career that could fill my creative needs. I spent most of my time raising a family and in the travel industry as well education administration. Card making fulfills this need. While in college I could never decide what my “medium” was because I loved them all. Card making provides the opportunity to use multiple mediums. My cards are primarily created and given to organizations that share them with someone in need of a smile.
Now it's your turn! Need a little more motivation? How about a prize? The winner (chosen at random) of this challenge will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to spend on their favorites from the store!
You have until 12 am US EST on May 29 to link up your design here! We'll start a new challenge and announce the winners on June 1!!
Thanks for joining us! We can't wait to see what you make!
Welcome to the Poppystamps Challenge! We're so happy you've stopped by, and we sure hope you'll join us! On the first of the month, we announce a new Poppystamps Challenge with a central theme. The design team will provide samples for inspiration, and you can play along through the end of the month for your chance to win.
The winner of our blog badge for the Poppystamps Challenge #90 Pretty Papers is Donna Phelan
The lucky winner of the draw (chosen by random number generator) for the monthly prize is S. Schmitt.
Please contact me (Jeanne) at poppychallenge@gmail.com to claim your prize.
Want to play?
The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Poppystamps image or die, and link it up here. The design we love best will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog, and one lucky random winner will receive a prize. You don't have to have a blog to play. You can link to any online gallery. In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Poppystamps image. We ask that you link a maximum of 3 entries to each challenge. You are welcome to link your design to other challenges. Grab our badge to post on your blog post or sidebar!
PSC#91 Add Texture! Looking for an easy way to take your cards from ordinary to EXTRA-ordinary? Just add a little contrasting texture! We want you to go beyond smooth cardstock - add some dimension with contrasting textures like paste, embossing powders, embossing folders, or with the addition of fabric or ribbon to make a big impression. What a great opportunity to use something you already have or to try something new. like foundry wax or glitz gels and glazes. The challenge is not limited to cards - we'd love to see your page layouts, home decor, tags, and mixed media. It's your choice, just be sure to use at least one Poppystamps image (stamp or die) on your project!
Need a little inspiration? Here are some samples from our design team. Want a closer look? No worries.. we'll be featuring these projects on Wednesdays throughout the month, so you can see how each project was created.
Meet our April Guest Cindy Chiu! Who was selected by Sue from our Design Team! Cindy is a fellow Canadian crafter who loves making floral cards that have a clean design. She isn't afraid to try new techniques and likes to incorporate ink, paint and other media into her cards! Love that! Stop by and see her thoughtful and pretty projects!
Cindy Chiu
Blog: Escape To Stamping
Instagram: @esctostampin
Hello, I am a transplanter from Hong Kong, have been living in Canada for over 40 years. I am retired from being programmer analyst and spend most of my time paper crafting. I am addicted, I know!! LOL I also like making travel album and lately venturing into mix-media projects. I find my inspirations from challenge blogs, and Pinterest. But sometimes, when I am really stumped, I picked a product and start from there.
Now it's your turn! Need a little more motivation? How about a prize? The winner (chosen at random) of this challenge will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to spend on their favorites from the store!
You have until 12 am US EST on April 27 to link up your design here! We'll start a new challenge and announce the winners on May 1!!
Thanks for joining us! We can't wait to see what you make!
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Hello there! It's Sphoorti with a gentle reminder of this month's challenge - PSC#90 - Pretty Papers! Sometimes your designs need a little extra pop and that's where pretty papers come to the rescue! The addition of pattern paper, glitter, foil or pearlescent makes everything just a little more special. This was my take on the challenge. Hope you like them!
This one was my favorite of the two cards I made. Took a little bit of time, but was totally worth it!
First, I used the Flower Field Tall Curve Border craft die and cut some white card stock with it a couple of times, and then glued it to my card panel.
Then I cut out a bunch of flowers using the Potpourri Flower Set Craft die with the blue / green foiled card stock varieties from the Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad. I still can't get over pastel foiled card stock! How amazing is that, right?! I glued all the flowers diagonally on the card panel. I glued some of them down directly, and others I mounted on some foam tape.
I used the Freestyle Hugs craft die to cut out the sentiments with white card stock, and layered them on top of each other for dimension. Then, I used the Black Glossy Paper to cut the hugs sentiment again (to use as a black offset) and then, I cut it one last time with some silver foiled card stock as the top layer. (Note: I used Vellum to cut out the shadow of the sentiment).
I used some random embellishments for the flower centers and also scattered them around the flowers. I think I got a bit carried away. You can tell me if you think I used too many. I won't mind!
Final result was a top folding card that looks like so:
The second card I made is very similar. I used the exact same supplies. However, I cut some flowers out of the coral colored foiled card stock in the Vintage Pastel paper pack.
This card was a lot more involved because I have flowers on the top of the card (applied to the vellum) as well as hidden behind the vellum on the inner card base.
I wanted the Vellum panel as an overlay because I didn't want to adhere it down, so I used some silver string and tied the vellum card base and the regular Neenah Solar White Cardstock card base together.
The end result for this one was also a top folding card with a vellum overlay and an inner card base. I thought it was kinda cool!
Now it's your turn to take on the Pretty Papers challenge! Need a little more motivation? How about a prize? The winner (chosen at random) of this challenge will receive a Gift Certificate to spend on their favorites from the Poppystamps store! Visit the original post here for more details / instructions!
Thanks for joining us! We can't wait to see what you make!
Love,
Sphoorti
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